The Trump Administration is reportedly pursuing a proposal that would eliminate the requirement that nursing homes keep at least one anti-infection specialist on hand — a counterintuitive move in the middle of a viral pandemic
The Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington, a nursing home that has been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: David Ryder/Getty Images In a puzzling — but perhaps not entirely surprising — display of bad timing, the Trump administration is reportedly thinking about relaxing federal oversight on nursing homes amid a viral pandemic that has already proved particularly dangerous for nursing homes.
Still, the Trump administration would apparently like to eliminate the Oba-era requirement that nursing homes — which house roughly 2.5 million people nationwide, according to the Times — keep at least one infection-prevention specialist on hand.
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